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1998-11-30 11:49Simon WalleyGrabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed. Squarepusher turns in the best remix

From:: Simon Walley <cim_@hotmail.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 03:49:11 PST
Subject:: (idm) East Flatbush remix thing/I buy a trance record/Bola LP

Grabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed. Squarepusher turns in the best remix - sped up vocals and funky beat but tied nicely into his live sound. Autechre mix is okay but not one of their best, Freeform was a bit aimless, Phoenecia was pretty nice - I liked this one. Funkstorung was okay but again, totally average. The Sluta Leta remix is probably the most different - some nice sounds but doesn't do that much. I thought there'd at least be one or two really good remixes on here but everything sounded a bit unsurprising - remix by numbers, the Squarepusher remix is cool though. Got the Alien 12" on (goddamit) Blue Room Released. The original is appallingly bad, the As One remix is big-beat sounding (whats up Kirk?!?) but the Plaid remix is cool and sweet. Bola LP is really nice. Quite old-sounding, like the first Gescom on Skam. But pretty nice although _Aguilla_ is the stand-out of this, as it was on the 7". A bit samey perhaps and the opening tracks sounds like Vangelis remixed it. Great sleeve design. || [CiM] || cim_@hotmail.com || - ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

1998-11-30 17:57Jeremy AxonAt 03:49 AM 11/30/98 PST, you wrote: >Grabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed

From:: Jeremy Axon <j.axon@prismlaurier.org>
To:: it disgusts me <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 12:57:00 -0500
Subject:: Re: (idm) East Flatbush remix thing/
Reply to:: (idm) East Flatbush remix thing/I buy a trance record/Bola LP

At 03:49 AM 11/30/98 PST, you wrote:

quoted 11 lines Grabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed. Squarepusher turns

>Grabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed. Squarepusher turns >in the best remix - sped up vocals and funky beat but tied nicely into >his live sound. Autechre mix is okay but not one of their best, Freeform >was a bit aimless, Phoenecia was pretty nice - I liked this one. >Funkstorung was okay but again, totally average. The Sluta Leta remix is >probably the most different - some nice sounds but doesn't do that much. > >I thought there'd at least be one or two really good remixes on here but >everything sounded a bit unsurprising - remix by numbers, the >Squarepusher remix is cool though. >

I felt much the same. Is it just me or are all the remixes either super-Autechre-y (Funkstorung, Sluta Leta, Phonecia, Bisk, Ae, Trapezoid....) or sound like the original (Herbaliser, Nick Fury, Ko-Wreck Technique...)? Best thing about it is the DR sleeve... -jerremy

1998-11-30 18:05Rodney PerkinsIs this the Chocolate Industries version? LP or CD? If its the C. I. version, a tracklisti

From:: Rodney Perkins <rdperkins@earthlink.net>
To:: Simon Walley <cim_@hotmail.com>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 12:05:43 -0600
Subject:: Re: (idm) East Flatbush remix thing/I buy a trance record/Bola LP

Is this the Chocolate Industries version? LP or CD? If its the C. I. version, a tracklisting would be nice to compare to the Ninja Tune version. Details, please!

quoted 28 lines Grabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed. Squarepusher turns

>Grabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed. Squarepusher turns >in the best remix - sped up vocals and funky beat but tied nicely into >his live sound. Autechre mix is okay but not one of their best, Freeform >was a bit aimless, Phoenecia was pretty nice - I liked this one. >Funkstorung was okay but again, totally average. The Sluta Leta remix is >probably the most different - some nice sounds but doesn't do that much. > >I thought there'd at least be one or two really good remixes on here but >everything sounded a bit unsurprising - remix by numbers, the >Squarepusher remix is cool though. > >Got the Alien 12" on (goddamit) Blue Room Released. The original is >appallingly bad, the As One remix is big-beat sounding (whats up >Kirk?!?) but the Plaid remix is cool and sweet. > >Bola LP is really nice. Quite old-sounding, like the first Gescom on >Skam. But pretty nice although _Aguilla_ is the stand-out of this, as it >was on the 7". A bit samey perhaps and the opening tracks sounds like >Vangelis remixed it. Great sleeve design. > >|| [CiM] >|| cim_@hotmail.com >|| - > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >

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